Coyote Ugly

Coyote Ugly is a 2000 American Musical based on the Coyote Ugly Saloon, directed by David McNally and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman. The film is set in New York City and stars Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Tura Banks, Izabella Miko, and Bridget Moynahan. The movie grossed over $113million worldwide and became a cult classic. Songwriter Violet Sanford leaves her hometown of South Amboy, New Jersey to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter in nearby New York City. Having unsuccessfully tiring to get her demo tape noticed by recording studios, one night she tries to get noticed by a music industry scout, she goes to an all-night diner and notices three girls, Cammie, Rachel, and Zoe, flaunting the hundreds of dollars in tips they earned while working at a trendy bar named Coyote Ugly.

She goes to the bar to convince the bar owner Lil to give an audition, which does not go well,  after breaking up a fight between two customers, but Li gives her a second audition when Violet douses the fire warden with water which costs Li $250. Now Li challenges Violet to work at the bar if she can make $250 in one night. One night, her father Bill comes to see her at work after a photo of her on the bar appears in the paper and sees her dancing on the bar with the other bartenders pouring pitchers of water over her. He is angry about her job and refuses to talk to her when she calls him. Violet loses her job at the bar after Kevin gets into a fight at the bar. Violet goes to New Jersey for Gloria’s wedding and that night Bill gets hit by a car and is seriously injured. Violet finishes a new song and later performs it at an open mic night at the Bowery Ballroom. The performance leads to a deal with a record label.